2008 New Mexico State Baseball

Weekly Notes WEEK 12 (MAY 12-May 18) GAMES No. 55-58

DATE TEAM TIME/RESULT Aggies To Play in FEB. 22 NEW ORLEANS 12-11 W FEB. 23 NEW ORLEANS 11-8 W Regular Season Fi- FEB. 24 NEW ORLEANS 19-17 L FEB. 29 BALL STATE 8-7 W nale; Last Aggie Vi- MARCH 1 BALL STATE (DH 1) 24-19 W sion Game of 2008 MARCH 1 BALL STATE (DH 2) 12-6 L MARCH 2 BALL STATE 26-25 L Up to Bat MARCH 8 ALUMNI 7-6 W The New Mexico State baseball team (26-29, 13-15 WAC) MARCH 10 FRESNO STATE! 13-8 W will play its final regular season series Friday through Sun- MARCH 11 INDIANA! 16-4 L day, May 16-18 at Presley Askew Field, as the Aggies take MARCH 12 UTAH! 8-5 L on Louisiana Tech (21-29, 5-21 WAC) in a four-game series. The series will start with a double-header, Friday at 3:05 MARCH 13 PORTLAND! 10-1 W p.m. (MDT). The second game will be Saturday, May 17 MARCH 14 GONZAGA! 17-10 L with first-pitch set for 6:05 p.m. (MDT) and will be televised MARCH 15 INDIANA! 14-6 L as a part of Aggie Vision. The final regular season game is MARCH 18 NEW MEXICO (DH 1) 12-3 L set for Sunday, May 18 at 1:05 p.m. (MDT). NMSU heads MARCH 18 NEW MEXICO (DH 2) 8-6 L into the weekend sitting in the No. 5 spot and could possibly MARCH 20 SAN JOSE 7-6 W move into the No. 4 spot by the end of the weekend with a MARCH 21 SAN JOSE (DH 1) 12-1 (7 inn.) W few wins and a couple of San Jose State (13-14 WAC) losses, MARCH 21 SAN JOSE (DH 2) 10-8 (10 inn.) L although Sacramento State (12-15 WAC) is only a half game MARCH 22 SAN JOSE 15-9 W behind the Aggies heading into the regular season finale. MARCH 25 NEW MEXICO 15-2 W MARCH 26 NEW MEXICO 13-1 L MARCH 28 TEXAS PAN AMERICAN 12-2 W This Week in Aggie Baseball MARCH 29 TEXAS PAN AMERICAN 10-3 L Date Opponent Place Time MARCH 30 TEXAS PAN AMERICAN 24-5 W May 16 Louisiana Tech Presley Askew Field 6:05 p.m. APRIL 1 CSU-PUEBLO 17-15 W Probables: NMSU - Heath Goin (6-2, 4.96 ERA) La Tech - Alan Knotts (3-3, 4.80 ERA) APRIL 2 CSU-PUEBLO 7-6 L APRIL 4 NEVADA 6-4 W May 16 Louisiana Tech Presley Askew Field 6:05 p.m. APRIL 6 NEVADA (DH 1) 8-5 L Probables: NMSU - Tyler Sturdevant (6-5, 5.40 ERA) APRIL 6 NEVADA (DH 2) 9-5 L La Tech - Dylan Moseley (1-5, 5.73 ERA) APRIL 7 NEVADA 11-1 L APRIL 9 HAWAII PACIFIC 6-5 (10 inn.) W May 17 Louisiana Tech Presley Askew Field 1:05 p.m. APRIL 10 HAWAII 4-2 L Probables: NMSU - Sebestian Vendette (2-4, 7.58 ERA) APRIL 11 HAWAII 8-3 L La Tech - Jericho Jones (5-5, 5.57 ERA) APRIL 12 HAWAII (DH 1) 9-3 W APRIL 12 HAWAII (DH 2) 5-1 L May 17 Louisiana Tech Presley Askew Field 5:05 p.m. APRIL 15 PANHANDLE STATE 17-4 W Probables: NMSU - Dillon Smith (2-5, 8.44 ERA) APRIL 16 PANHANDLE STATE 19-9 W La Tech - John Anderson (1-0, 5.17 ERA) APRIL 18 FRESNO STATE 13-10 L APRIL 19 FRESNO STATE (DH 1) 9-5 L 2008 WAC Standings (as of May 14) APRIL 19 FRESNO STATE (DH 2) 13-1 L APRIL 20 FRESNO STATE 24-6 L APRIL 22 TEXAS TECH 12-2 L Team WAC Games All Games APRIL 23 TEXAS TECH 16-10 L Fresno State 19-9 31-25 APRIL 25 SACRAMENTO 7-4 W Nevada 18-10 31-20 APRIL 26 SACRAMENTO (DH 1) 5-3 W Hawai’i 18-14 26-27 APRIL 26 SACRAMENTO (DH 2) 11-5 W San Jose State 13-14 27-23 APRIL 27 SACRAMENTO 14-4 W New Mexico State 13-15 26-29 MAY 2 FRESNO STATE 11-8 L Sacramento State 12-15 21-30 MAY 3 FRESNO STATE (DH 1) 9-2 W Louisiana Tech 5-21 21-29 MAY 3 FRESNO STATE (DH 2) 12-7 W MAY 4 FRESNO STATE 6-4 W MAY 8 HAWAII 7-5 W Ticket Info. MAY 9 HAWAII 13-8 W For ticket in- New Mexico State Athletics Media Relations Department MAY 10 HAWAII (DH 1) 17-10 L formation call MSC 3145 Regents Row 301, Las Cruces, N.M. 88003 May 10 HAWAII (DH 2) 15-14 L the NMSU Box MAY 16 LOUISIANA TECH (DH) 3:05PM Office at Asst. AD/Director of Media Relations: Tyler Dunkel Baseball Contact: Eddie Morelos MAY 17 LOUISIANA TECH 6:05PM (575) 646- email: [email protected] 1420. MAY 18 LOUISIANA TECH 1:05PM Phone: (575) 646-3269 ! = Pepsi Johnny Quik Classic Cell: (575) 642-5746 ALL TIMES LOCAL & SUBJECT TO CHANGE Fax: (575) 646-2425 Website: www.nmstatesports.com Press Box Phone: (575) 646-5700 2008 Aggie Baseball www.nmstatesports.com On deck Quickfacts The New Mexico State baseball team is set for a four-game conference series at Location...... Las Cruces, N.M. Presley Askew Field for the second straight weekend, May 16-18. Enrollment...... 16,428 Founded...... 1888 Friday’s double-header will start at 3:05 p.m. (MDT) with game two starting Nickname...... Aggies approximately 45 min. after game one ends. Both games of the double-header School Colors...... Crimson & White will be aired on the radio at KSNM AM 570 with Jeff Matthews and Kyle Doper- Conference...... Western Athletic Conference alski giving the play-by-play action. Sunday’s game, which is set to begin at Affiliation...... NCAA Division I Home Field...... Presley Askew Field 1:05 p.m. (MDT), will also be on the radio at KSNM AM 570. Those games can President...... Dr. Michael Martin also be heard on the internet at www.nmstatesports.com for a fee. Athletics Director...... Dr. McKinley Boston Alma Mater, Year...... Montclair State College, 1973 Saturday’s game is set to start at 6:05 p.m. (MDT) and is scheduled to be tele- Administrator...... Herb “T.D.” Taylor vised as a part of Aggie Vision on the following Comcast channels throughout Faculty Representative...... Dr. Jack Thomas New Mexico: channel 4 (Las Cruces), channel 53 (Albuquerque), channel 21 Athletic Department Phone...... (575) 646-4126 (Santa Fe), channel 66 (Gallup). The game will also be tape delayed and aired Athletic Ticket Office...... (575) 646-1420 on FSN-Arizona, May 17, at 8:30 p.m. As always check your local listings. NMSU Athletics Website....www.nmstatesports.com Coaching Staff Fans can also listen live at www.nmstatesports.com for a fee and also get live Head Coach...... Rocky Ward stats at the same website. Alma Mater, Year...... Oklahoma State, 1988 Record at NMSU...... 226-278-1 (9 Years) Career Record...... same The opponents email...... [email protected] LA TECH - This will be the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th meetings between NMSU Assistant Coach...... Chase Tidwell Alma Mater, Year...... Southeastern Louisiana, 2001 and the Bulldogs. The Aggies are 6-5 against La. Tech with their first meeting email...... [email protected] coming in 2001. Assistant Coach...... Gary Ward Alma Mater, Year...... NMSU, 1963 The Bulldogs are 21-29 in 2008 and 5-21 in conference play and have failed to email...... [email protected] Volunteer Coach...... Tom Rosati make the conference tournament, which they are hosting. Alma Mater, Year...... Baylor University, 1980 Director of Baseball Operations...... Jarrett Leahy La. Tech as a team ERA of 5.58, which is fourth in the WAC, while they are also email...... [email protected] they are also fourth in the conference in hitting with a team batting average of Baseball office phone...... (575) 646-7693 .295. The Bulldogs are second, behind NMSU, in home runs with 63. Aggie Baseball Information Conference...... Western Athletic Conference Home Stadium (capacity)...... Presley Askew Field Jericho Jones is the La. Tech team leader as he not only pitches but also hits. (1,000) He is the leader in the box as he is hitting .359 this season. He is second on the Dimensions...... (345-385-400-385-345) team in RBI with 39 and home runs with 12. Albie Goulder has the most home Press Box Phone...... (505) 646-5700 First Year of Baseball...... 1952 runs for the Bulldogs with 13, while Chris Kersten leads in RBI with 46. All-Time Team Record...... 1,021-1,203-4 No. of Years in College World Series/Last...... none On the mound, Andrew Lassere has the lowest ERA (3.86) on the team and is Years in NCAA Regional...... 2 Years...... 2002, 2003 also in the top-five in the conference in that category. He has made 18 appear- Last Postseason Opponent...... UL-Lafayette ances in 2008 and has 37 strikeouts on the season. Alan Knotts has the most Result...... L/5-9 strikeouts on the team with 50, while Jericho Jones has 42 and has pitched the 2007 WAC Record...... 6-18 most innings (63.0) 2007 Record...... 22-34 2007 Home Record...... 13-16 2007 Away Record...... 8-15 TOURNEY BOUND Neutral Site Record...... 1-3 After picking up two wins over Fresno State May 2-4, the Aggie baseball team Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 17/11 Position Starters Returning/Lost...... 7/6 will play in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament for the first time since Pitchers Returning/Lost...... 8/4 joining the WAC. The last time NMSU played in a post-season tournament was Newcomers...... 20 in 2005 when the Aggies fell to Middle Tennesse 8-2, then got eliminated by No. 23 Louisiana-Layfayette by a score of 9-5.

LAST TIME OUT Aggies on Radio NMSU split the weekend series with Hawai’i last weekend af- v. La. Tech - May 16 (DH 1) - KSNM AM 570 ter coming up with a 7-5 win, a 13-8 win, a 17-10 loss and v. La. Tech - May 16 (DH 2) - KSNM AM 570 a 15-14 loss. v. La. Tech - May 18 - KSNM AM 570 The Aggie baseball team won the weekend series opener Play-by-Play Announcer: Jeff Matthews against Hawai’i 7-5 off three Aggie home runs at Presley Askew Field, May 08. NMSU got a homer from seniors Jo- Aggies on TV seph Scaperotta and Joe Leghorn as well as one from junior v La. Tech - May 17 - AGGIE VISION Franky Busani, as the Aggies scored seven runs on eight hits Comcast Ch. 4 (Las Cruces), Comcast Ch. 53 (Albuquerque), and committed only one error. UH scored five runs on 12 hits Comcast Ch. 21 (Santa Fe), Comcast Ch. 66 (Gallup), and committed two errors. Junior Tyler Sturdevant struggled Tape Delay - May 17, 8:30 p.m. FSN Arizona in the first as he gave up the Rainbows’ five runs, but settled Aggies on the Web down and domintated them the rest of the game to pick up All games this week will have live stats available on the in- his fifth win of the year on 126 pitches thrown. In the eight ternet at www.nmstatesports.com. All games broadcasted innings of work, Sturdevant struck out six of the 36 UH bat- on the radio can also be heard on the internet for a fee at ters he faced and walked only two. www.nmstatesports.com. 2008 Aggie Baseball www.nmstatesports.com The Aggies won their second straight game over Hawai’i af- ter they won 13-8 at Presley Askew Field, May 9. NMSU hit 2008 Team Leaders another three home runs to give enough run support that (as of May 14) starting pitcher Heath Goin needed to get his sixth win of the Category Player Stats year. The Aggies came up with 13 runs on 14 hits and com- HITTING mitted one error, while Goin threw for seven complete in- nings and struck out a season and career high seven batters. Batting Average..... Tyler Hardt...... 395 Offensively, the Aggies got home runs from juniors Bryan Hits...... Chris Auten...... 80 Marquez and Chris Auten as well as a grand-slam home run RBI...... Joseph Scaperotta...... 72 from Joseph Scaperotta. Runs Scored...... Marcus Quade...... 62 On-Base Pct...... Tyler Hardt...... 480 The Aggies added another home run to their team total with 88 as a team in 2008. There were 27 runs on the day as Doubles...... Chris Auten...... 18 UH had 17 and the Aggies had 10. NMSU was hot with the Triples...... two players...... 2 bats as of late but couldn’t keep up with the Rainbows in the Home Runs...... Joseph Scaperotta...... 21 first game of the double-header as UH had 21 hits while the Total Bases...... Joseph Scaperotta...... 142 Aggies only had 12. Franky Busani hit his 15th home run of the year to bring in two runs in the fifth inning. He was Walks...... Marcus Quade...... 44 2-for-3 with three RBI on the day, while walked once and Stolen Bases...... Richard Stout...... 19 scored twice. Strikeouts...... Marcus Quade...... 65

It was a back and forth game but the Aggies dropped a PITCHING heartbreaker 15-14 to UH in second game of the day. ERA...... Heath Goin...... 4.96 HITTING THE LONG BALL Appearances...... Frankie Duran...... 24 The Aggies moved up one spot to fourth in the nation in Games Started...... two players...... 11 home runs as of May 11 with 90 homers on the year. They Opp. BA...... Tyler Sturdevant...... 294 were 10th nationally in home runs per game with 1.64 per game. Wins...... two players...... 6 Losses...... two players...... 5 NMSU hit nine home 14 home runs the week of April 21-27, Saves...... Erik Nyquist...... 6 nine of them came in a conference series against Sacramen- Inn. Pitched...... Heath Goin...... 69.0 to State. Their opponents only hit seven home runs on the Batters Struck Out.. Tyler Sturdevant...... 44 week. The Aggies outscored Sacrameno State 37-16 in the conference series. Joe Leghorn, Franky Busani and Marcus Quade each hit two bombs against the Hornets. BRING EM IN As of May 11, the Aggies were ranked fourth in the nation in NMSU hit 15 home runs the week before, while their op- runs with 502, while seventh in the nation in scoring with 9.1 ponents only hit three. In the weekend series the Aggies runs per game. NMSU was also third nationally in walks with outscored Texas Pan American 39-17, while outscoring their 315 and 19th in team slugging percentage (.514) two opponents last week 55-32. In the series finale versus UTPA, the Aggies blasted eight home runs, which was just AUTEN NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT one shy of the NMSU record for home runs hit in a game. The College Sports Information Directors of American (Co- SIDA) named New Mexico State baseball player Chris Auten The Aggie record is nine, which came against Pacific on May to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI baseball 3, 1997. NMSU has now scored at least 20 runs three times team, Thursday, May 8. Auten is a junior at NMSU and has a this season and has scored double-digit runs 12 times. 3.81 cumulative grade point average. He is a finance major and plans to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in the spring The 2004 Aggie baseball team hit 115 home runs, which is of 2009. the most by any Aggie team. NYQUIST SAVES THE DAY SCAP IN THE NATION Relief pitcher Erik Nyquist has six saves on the season, which As of May 11, Joseph Scaperotta was tied for third in the puts him is second in the Aggie record books for the most nation in home runs with 21 as his team was fourth in the saved in a season. He is three saves behind Orlando Griego, nation. He also leads the WAC in home runs. In a game who set the record with nine in 1989. Nyquist’s first save against Oklahoma-Panhandle State, Scaperotta hit two home came in a 7-6 win over San Jose State, March 20 at Presley runs in one inning. He was also ranked third nationally in Askew Field. Nyquist has made 23 appearances this season RBI with 72. Former Aggie Billy Becher (2003) has the most and has 30 strikeouts with a 5.58 ERA. He picked up two RBI in a season with 118. He also has the most home runs saves against Sacramento State April 25-26. in a season as an Aggie with 32 in 2003. ON THE MOUND Scaperotta hit is 20th and 21st home run of the year May 9- Although Tyler Sturdevant struggled in the first inning as he 10. He is now tied for seventh on the Aggie season records gave up the Rainbows’ five runs, he came back and settled with Kevin Delimat, who hit 21 bombs in 1979. Mark Aranda down and dominated them the rest of the game to pick up was the last Aggie to hit at least 20 bombs in a season, as he his fifth win of the year on 126 pitches thrown. In the eight did it in 2005. Aranda is sixth on the Aggie season records innings of work, Sturdevant struck out six of the 36 UH bat- list with 22 home runs. ters he faced and walked only two. Sturdevant has the most strikeouts in a game this season with eight against Texas- 2008 Aggie Baseball www.nmstatesports.com Pan American, March 28. Ward’s career record of 1,022-361-1 (.739) is 13th best all- Heath Goin got his sixth win of the year in a 13-8 win over time in winning percentage and 24th in the NCAA record UH, May 9, as he threw for seven complete innings and books. struck out a season and career high seven batters. Goin has the lowest ERA on the team at 4.96 and has pitched the most Ward helped Oklahoma State recapture its role among the innings for the Aggies with 69.0 innings on the mound. most respected and well-known programs in the nation. More than 100 of his players at OSU went on to sign profes- Not another Stolen Base! sional contracts and nine were named First-Team All-Ameri- After he led the WAC in 2007 in stolen bases (26), shortstop cans, while countless others received second- and third-team Richard Stout returns to the NMSU baseball team and leads honors during his coaching tenure. the conference this season with 18 stolen bases after four weeks of play. He also leads the conference in stolen bases Recognized as a leading authority on hitting, Ward’s energet- per game (0.45). ic and enthusiastic approach and demonstrations are still in constant demand at baseball clinics throughout the country. HITTER OF THE WEEK Ward was at Oklahoma State in 1977 after seven successful The Western Athletic Conference office announced that New seasons at Yavapai Junior College in Prescott, Ariz. Yavapai Mexico State outfielder Franky Busani earned Hitter of the won two national championships and Ward finished with a Week honors for March 17-23. 240-83 (.743) record. Following his two national champion- ships in 1975 and 1977, Ward was named the NJCAA Coach Busani (Mesa, Ariz.), a junior, hit .500 (7-of-14) with seven of the Year. RBI and a pair of home runs after the Aggies started 3-1 in WAC play. He led the Aggies to three wins in the four-game A New Look series against San Jose State with seven RBI, two doubles The Aggie baseball team will have the luxury of a new state- and crossed the plate four times. of-the-art scoreboard in 2008. The new score board was installed in mid-February and includes a message board for BOMBS OVER SAN JOSE players, coaches and fans to enjoy. The Aggies hit a total of nine home runs against San Jose State in the opening conference series. Scaperotta hit four Also new to the team are a couple of new assistant coaches in home runs against the Spartans himself. He also had four Chase Tidwell and Tom Rosati. Tidwell will be the new pitch- RBI in the four-game series. Scaperotta hit a solo shot in ing coach for the Aggies and comes to NMSU after coaching game one of the series to help the Aggies win 7-6 and a two at Laredo Community College in Laredo, Texas for five years run blast in the first game of a double-header that helped prior to this one. His extensive work on the recruiting trial the Aggies win 12-1. His two home runs in the second game has already netted the largest early signing class in Aggie of the double-header helped the Aggies stay in it. His first Baseball history with 17 players signing a national letter of bomb was a three-run shot that gave NMSU the lead, and intent to attend New Mexico State in the fall of 2008. Rosati his second homer was a solo shot in the bottom of the ninth is the new volunteer assistant coach and brings plenty of that tied the game up after the Spartans took back the lead winning experience to the team. Before arriving at NMSU, in the eighth. he coached at Albany High School in Albany, Ga. from 1986- 2007 and had a 21 year coaching record of 306-237, while The Aggies outscored SJSU 55-28 in the series and scored all making 15 state tournament appearances. While at Albany 15 of thier runs in the series finale with two outs. High School, Rosati led his team to three regional champion- ships (1993, 1994 and 1996) and seven Elite Eight finishes. NMSU pitching allowed only one home run in the series. He was also selected as the 1996 AAA Region Coach of the Year when he led his team to a 24-0 record in the regular Gary Ward Selected to 2008 College Baseball season, along with being selected as the Southwest Georgia Hall of Fame Class All-Star Coach in 2006 and 2007. The College Baseball Foundation announced New Mexico State assistant baseball coach Gary Ward was named to the 2007 Academic All-WAC 2008 class of the College Baseball Hall of Fame Induction The New Mexico State baseball team placed 11 student-ath- Class, Wednesday, March 05. letes on the academic all-WAC team in 2007. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academ- Ward came out of retirement to coach at his alma mater, ic year, have at least a 3.00 cumulative GPA and have partici- New Mexico State, and led the Aggies to the Sun Belt Con- pated in at least 50 percent of the team’s contests. The fol- ference Tournament championship and an NCAA tournament lowing Aggie baseball players were honored in 2007: Casey appearance in 2002. He is currently the hitting coach for his Amundson, Anthony Arrieta, David Bustillos, Frankie Duran, son, Rocky Ward. Tyler Hardt, Wade Gubbles, Ari Loiben, Joseph Scaperotta, Dillon Smith, Richard Stout, and Matt Van Deelen. While the head coach at NMSU, Ward finished with a 75-32 (.700) record to get him to the 1,000 win milestone.

Ward was Oklahoma State’s head baseball coach from 1978 through 1996 and guided the Cowboys to an unprecedented 16 straight conference titles, 17 NCAA regional appearances and 10 trips to the College World Series. Seven of those CWS appearances (1981-87) were in consecutive years, which is an NCAA record. The Cowboys also appeared in the NCAA championship game three times under Ward. 2008 Aggie Baseball www.nmstatesports.com 2008 home run club Joseph Scaperotta (14 & 15) April 15/Panhandle State Player Date/Opponent Leo Aguirre (1) April 15/Panhandle State Chris Auten (1) Feb. 22/New Orleans Franky Busani (8 & 9) April 15/Panhandle State Colin Crouthamel (1) Feb. 22/New Orleans Tyler Hardt (3) April 16/Panhandle State Joseph Scaperotta (1) (grand slam) Feb. 22/New Orleans Franky Busani (10) April 16/Panhandle State Colin Crouthamel (2) Feb. 22/New Orleans Bryan Marquez (4) April 16/Panhandle State Chris Auten (2) Feb. 24/New Orleans Joseph Scaperotta (16) April 18/Fresno State Bryan Marquez (1) (grand slam) Feb. 24/New Orleans Tyler Hardt (4) April 20/Fresno State Colin Crouthamel (3) Feb. 29/Ball State Leo Aguirre (2) April 20/Fresno State Richard Stout (1) March 1 (DH-1)/Ball State Nick Cejka (2) April 22/Texas Tech Chris Auten (3) March 1 (DH-2)/Ball State Marcus Quade (5) April 23/Texas Tech Marcos Rosales (1) March 1 (DH-2)/Ball State Chris Auten (6) April 23/Texas Tech Joseph Scaperotta (2) March 2/Ball State Tyler Hardt (5) April 23/Texas Tech Marcus Quade (1) March 2/Ball State Franky Busani (11) April 23/Texas Tech Bryan Marquez (2) March 2/Ball State Joseph Scaperotta (17) April 25/Sacramento State Tyler Hardt (1) March 12/Utah Tyler Hardt (6) April 25/Sacramento State Colin Crouthamel (4) March 14/Gonzaga Joe Leghorn (4) April 25/Sacremento State Marcus Quade (2) March 20/San Jose State Franky Busani (12) April 25/Sacramento State Joseph Scaperotta (3) March 20/San Jose State Marcus Quade (6) April 26/Sacramento State - DH 1 Colin Crouthamel (5) March 20/San Jose State Chris Auten (7) April 26/Sacamento State - DH 2 Joseph Scaperotta (4) March 21/San Jose State-DH 1 Tyler Hardt (7) April 27/Sacramento State Franky Busani (1) March 21/San Jose State-DH 1 Marcus Quade (7) April 27/Sacrmento State Joseph Scaperotta (5 & 6) March 21/San Jose State-DH 2 Joe Leghorn (5) April 27/Sacramento State Tyler Hardt (2) March 22/San Jose State Chris Auten (8) May 2/Fresno State Franky Busani (2) March 22/San Jose State Joseph Scaperotta (18) May 3/Fresno State - DH 1 Gavin Heinemann (1) March 25/New Mexico Franky Busani (13) May 3/Fresno State - DH 1 Joseph Scaperotta (7) March 28/Texas Pan American Marcus Quade (8, 9 & 10) May 3/Fresno State - DH 2 Franky Busani (3) March 28/Texas Pan American Joseph Scaperotta (19) May 8/Hawai’i Gavin Heinemann (2) March 28/Texas Pan American Joe Leghorn (6) May 8/Hawai’i Joe Leghorn (1 & 2) March 28/Texas Pan American Franky Busani (14) May 8/Hawai’i Franky Busani (4) March 29/Texas Pan American Bryan Marquez (5) May 9/Hawai’i Marcus Quade (3) March 30/Texas Pan American Joseph Scaperotta (20) (grand slam) May 9/Hawai’i Joseph Scaperotta (8) March 30/Texas Pan American Chris Auten (9) May 9/Hawai’i Colin Crouthamel (6) March 30/Texas Pan American Franky Busani (15) May 10/Hawai’i - DH 1 Franky Busani (5) March 30/Texas Pan American Joseph Scaperotta (21) May 10/Hawai’i - DH 2 Gavin Heinemann (3) March 30/Texas Pan American Leo Aguirre (3) (grand slam) May 10/Hawai’i - DH 2 Bryan Marquez (3) March 30/Texas Pan American Nick Cejka (1) March 30/Texas Pan American Joe Leghorn (3) March 30/Texas Pan American Total Home Runs = 90 Joseph Scaperotta (9 & 10) April 1/CSU-Pueblo Franky Busani (6) April 1/CSU-Pueblo CURRENT HITTING STREAKS Joseph Scaperotta (11) April 2/CSU Pueblo Chris Auten...... 15 Franky Busani (7) April 2/CSU-Pueblo Leo Aguirre...... 6 Marcus Quade (4) April 5/Nevada-DH 1 Bryan Marquez...... 4 Chris Auten (4) April 5/Nevada-DH 1 Frankie Busani...... 4 Geoff Downing (1) April 9/Hawaii-Pacific Joseph Scaperotta (12) April 10/Hawai’i Longest hitting streaks Joseph Scaperotta (13) April 12/Hawai’i-DH 1 Chris Auten...... 15 Chris Auten (5) April 12/Hawai’i-DH 1 Richard Stout...... 14 Joseph Scaperotta...... 10

2008 Aggie Baseball www.nmstatesports.com 2008 New Mexico State Baseball Roster Alphabetical Roster Numerical Roster # NAME POS H W CL B T HOMETOWN 1 Anthony Arrieta LHP 19 AGUIRRE, LEO 1B 6’0 215 SO L L Austin, Texas 2 Marcos Rosales INF 33 AMUNDSON,CASEY RHP 6’0 200 SO R R Vancouver,Wash. 3 Justin Lucero OF 1 ARRIETA,ANTHONY LHP 5’11 180 SO L L Sunnyvale,Texas 4 Matthew Lopez INF 26 AUTEN, CHRISTOPHER 1B 6’4 225 JR L R Agovra Hills, Calif. 5 Kyle McFadden RHP 12 BLOOM, TREVOR OF 5’10 190 FR R R Palmdale, Calif. 6 Geoff Downing INF 44 BUSANI, FRANKY OF 6’4 230 JR R R Mesa, Ariz. 7 Rudy Grande OF 39 CEJKA, NICK C 6’1 210 JR R R Richmond, Wash. 8 Coach Tom Rosati 29 CONNER, JASON RHP 6’0 210 SR R R Las Cruces, N.M. 9 Jake Wilson RHP 21 CROUTHAMEL, COLIN OF 6’3 225 JR R R Elma, Wash. 11 Richard Stout INF 6 DOWNING, GEOFF INF 6’2 190 JR R R Half Moon Bay, Calif. 12 Trevor Bloom OF 16 DURAN, FRANK LHP 5’11 208 JR L L Las Cruces, N.M. 14 Coach Rocky Ward 23 FARNHAM, JEFFERY C 6’0 180 JR R R Las Vegas, Nev. 15 Tyler Hardt OF 38 GARZA,NOAH RHP 6’0 215 JR R R Burleson,Texas 16 Frankie Duran LHP 34 GOIN, HEATH RHP 6’4 230 JR R R Hood River, Ore. 17 Kent Williamson RHP 7 GRANDE, RUDY OF 5’6 165 FR R R Corpus Christi, Texas 18 Sebastian Vendette RHP 32 HAMMOND, Kyle RHP 6’2 190 FR R R Rio Rancho, N.M. 19 Leo Aguirre 1B 15 HARDT, TYLER OF 6’1 190 SR L L Hereford,Ariz. 20 Coach Gary Ward 27 HEINEMANN, GAVIN OF 6’1 190 JR R R Snohomish, Wash. 21 Colin Crouthamel OF 30 HUNSAKER, CALEB RHP 6’1 185 JR R R Mesa, Ariz. 22 Joe Leghorn C 22 LEGHORN, JOE C 6’4 225 SR L R Victoria, B.C. 23 Jeffery Farnham C 4 LOPEZ, MATT INF 6’1 190 SO R R Palm Desert, Calif. 24 Tyler Sturdevant RHP 3 LUCERO, JUSTIN OF 5’5 140 JR R R Lynwood, Wash. 25 Marcus Quade INF 32 MORENO, PAUL OF 6’2 170 FR R R San Antonio, Texas 26 Chris Auten 1B 31 MARQUEZ, BRYAN INF 6’0 190 JR R R Bonny Lake, Wash. 27 Gavin Heinemann OF 5 MCFADDEN, KYLE RHP 5’11 178 SR R R Centennial, Colo. 28 Joseph Scaperotta OF 48 NYQUIST, ERIK RHP 5’11 215 JR R R Fairfield,Calif. 29 Jason Conner RHP 25 QUADE, MARCUS INF 6’3 195 SR R R Littleton, Colo. 30 Caleb Hunsaker RHP 2 ROSALES,MARCOS INF 5’10 180 SR R R Gilbert, Ariz. 31 Bryan Marquez INF 28 SCAPEROTTA,JOSEPH OF 6’3 200 SR L L San Diego, Calif. 32 Paul Moreno OF 35 SMITH, DILLON RHP 6’4 220 JR R R El Paso Texas 33 Casey Amundson RHP 11 STOUT, RICHARD OF 5’8 170 JR B R Boise, Idaho 34 Heath Goin RHP 24 STURDEVANT,TYLER RHP 6’1 170 JR L R Littleton, Colo. 35 Dillon Smith RHP 37 VAN DEELEN, MATT RHP 6’3 215 SR R R Eudora, Kan. 36 Kyle Hammond RHP 18 VENDETTE,SEBASTIAN RHP 6’0 200 JR R R Laval, Quebec 37 Matt Van Deelen RHP 40 WEBSTER, OLIVER RHP 6’2 180 SO R R Duvall, Wash. 38 Noah Garza RHP 17 WILLIAMSON, KENT RHP 6’2 170 JR R R Topeka, Kan. 39 Nick Cejka C 9 WILSON, JACOB RHP 6’0 170 JR R R Corpus Christi, Texas 40 Oliver Webster RHP Head Coach: Rocky Ward 10th season (Oklahoma State ‘88) 41 Coach Chase Tidwell Assistant Coach: Gary Ward (NMSU ‘63) 44 Franky Busani OF Assistant Coach: Chase Tidwell (Southeastern Louisiana ‘01) 48 Erik Nyquist RHP Assistant Coach: Tom Rosati (Baylor ‘80) Director of Operations: Jarrett Leahy (NMSU ‘05)

By Class Pronunciation Guide

Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Aguirre...... a-Gear-eh Jason Conner Christopher Auten Leo Aguirre Trevor Bloom Arrieta...... a-ree-eh-ta Tyler Hardt Franky Busani Casey Amundson Rudy Grande Auten...... Aw-ten Joe Leghorn Nick Cejka Anthony Arrieta Kyle Hammond Busani...... Boo-saw-knee Kyle McFadden Colin Crouthamel Matt Lopez Paul Moreno Cejka...... Check-ah Marcus Quade Geoff Downing Oliver Webster Crouthamel...... Craw-tha-mel Marcos Rosales Frank Duran Joustra...... Joust-ra Joseph Scaperotta Jeffrey Farnham Quade...... Qwa-aid Matt Van Deelen Noah Garza Rosales...... Ro-sa-less Heath Goin Sturdevant...... Stir-de-vant Jake Hammons Vendette...... Ven-det Gavin Heinemann Caleb Hunsaker Jeremy Joustra Justin Lucero Bryan Marquez Erik Nyquist Dillon Smith Richard Stout Tyler Sturdevant Sebastian Vendette Kent Williamson Jacob Wilson

2008 Aggie Baseball www.nmstatesports.com HEAD COACH Memorable Moments During The Rocky Ward Era ROCKY WARD •Ward has the second most wins of any NMSU baseball coach with 226 head- 10th Season ing into the 2008 season. He surpassed Elliot Avent on May 15, 2007 when the Aggies beat Texas Tech 5-4. Oklahoma State - 1988 •Under Ward, catcher Joe Leghorn hit for the cylce, March 18, 2007 against Sacramento State. Leghorn is the first Aggie to ever hit for the cycle. Year-by-year with NMSU •Outfielder Joseph Scaperotta won the Aggie triple-crown under Ward in 2007. 1997 21-33 Scaperotta was the eighth Aggie to accomplish the feat and the fourth under Ward. 1998 23-29 •In 2006 first baseman Luke Hopkins led the Western Athletic Conference in 1999 18-38 On-base percentage (.548), RBI (65), and walks (53). He led the nation in walks 2000 19-36 per game (1.2) and was named WAC Hitter of the Week four times. 2003 43-18 •In 2005 the Aggies ranked second in the nation in home runs per game (1.56), third in scoring (9.3), sixth in slugging percentage (.522) and 16th in batting 2004 33-25-1 average (.320). 2005 28-29 •Mark Aranda led the nation in RBI per (1.57) and was second in home runs per 2006 19-36 game (0.41) while finishing third in slugging percentage (.747) in 2005. 2007 22-34 •Luke Hopkins was named to the 2005 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-Ameri- can team and was named as a Third-team All-american selection by Collegiate ------Baseball. 9 yrs. 226-278-1 •In 2003 and 2004 the New Mexico State baseball team led the nation in homeruns and RBI per game. •In 2004 former Aggie Billy Becher was named first team all-America and was a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy Before Rocky Ward came to New Mexico State, the Aggies were lacking •The 2003 squad earned the school’s first ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tourna- some positive tradition when it came to their baseball program. Now ment and won the school’s first ever NCAA Tournament game. the tradition is positive, hard working and successful. •The Aggies set school records for most wins in a season (43), most home wins in a season (31), best home winning percentage in a season (.912) and extended Ward, in his second stint as head coach at New Mexico State, has been a school record home winning streak against non-conference opponents to 40. associated with the Aggie program for the past 11 seasons. •Billy Becher was named a first team all-America and was one of three finalists for the Rotary Smith Award, given annually to the nation’s top player. Becher Before the 2006 season, Ward went into the season with four consecu- led the nation in home runs and runs batted in. tive winning seasons in five years with NCAA Tournament appearances •The 2003 squad led the nation in home runs with 107. in 2003 and 2004. NMSU had never made a postseason appearance •The 2002 team made the school’s first ever appearance in the NCAA Tourna- before 2003 and had never posted four straight winning seasons. ment. •The 2002 team won the school’s first conference title in baseball by sweeping Rocky returned to the top job after serving the previous two years the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. as an assistant for his father, Gary Ward. Rocky has followed in his •Four players off the 2002 team were taken in the 2002 Major League Baseball father’s footsteps in establishing one of the most explosive offensive free agent draft (Corey Harrington, Ryan Kenning Gabe Veloz, Erik Winegar- programs in the country. den). •The Aggies posted a school record for most NCAA Division I victories (34). From 2001-06 the Aggies posted a combined record of 174-120, the •The 2001 team posted 32 victories, the most for the Aggies since 1996 and set a most wins in a five-year span in the history of Aggie baseball. The Ag- team record for most wins against NCAA Division I opponents (29). gies set school records for most Division I wins in a season three years •The 2001 team ranked second in the NCAA in runs scored, second in home in a row -- 29 in 2001, 34 in 2002 and 41 in 2004. During the nine sea- runs and fourth in slugging percentage. sons that Ward has been part of the Aggie program, New Mexico State •In 2000, the Aggies ranked 31st in the nation in batting average. has set or tied 48 team records and set or tied 44 individual records. •In 1999, the Aggies posted wins over San Diego State, Washington State, Long That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Beach State and NCAA Tournament team Nevada. •Four players from the 1999 team were taken in the Major League Baseball free Although the 2007 season was filled with plenty of ups and downs, agent draft (Chris Barski, Luke Sullivan, Corey Richardson, Chris Weekly) there were plenty of highlights for coach Ward. First of all, he became •In 1998, the Aggies ranked fifth in the NCAA in batting average and third in the second winnnigest coach of any Aggie coach with 226 wins. He runs scored. surpassed former head coach Elliot Avent (1989-96), May 14, 2007 •The Aggies swept No. 1 Texas Tech 19-17 and 12-11 in Las Cruces on April when the Aggies beat Texas Tech 5-4. Under Ward, catcher Joe Leg- 29-30, 1997. horn hit for the cycle against Sacramento State, March 18, 2007, while utility player Marcus Quade set a new hitting streak record going 33 straight games with a hit. Second baseman Richard Stout’s 26 steals led the team and the conference in 2007 and also got him into the top-10 single season record book as an Aggie for that task. Pitcher Brian Gausman now holds the record for most appearances as an Aggie with 85 as he pitched every game under coach Ward.

During the 2006 season, the Aggies had another successful year despite finishing with an overall record of 28-29. Ward’s Aggies finished ranked in the top 10 in the country in three categories while finishing in the top 20 in a third. As a team, the Aggies finished second in the nation in home runs per game (1.56) with 89 total, third in scoring (9.3 runs/game), sixth in slugging percentage (.522) and 16th in batting average (.320). Several Aggies also made their mark in individual statistics as Mark Aranda led the nation in RBI per game (1.57) and Luke Hopkins finished closely behind in fourth (1.41). Aranda also finished second in home runs per game (.41) and third in slugging percentage (.767) while Hopkins ranked 38th in batting average (.392) and in slugging percentage (.679) as a freshman. Following the season, Aranda signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins. In an early season series against Chicago State last season, the Aggies set a new school record for runs scored in a four-game series as they plated 94 runs to sweep the series. The Aggies also defeated their rivals from the north the New Mexico Lobos three straight times, a feat that had not been accomplished since the 2001 season. The Aggies also proved to be a dominating force on their own diamond as they finished the season with a home record of 22 wins and only seven losses.

In 2004 the Aggies hit 115 home runs, setting a school and Sun Belt Conference record. Six different players hit at least 10 home runs that season, another school record. For the second consecutive season, the Aggies led the nation in home runs. The team also finished fifth in runs scored. All the records weren’t set at the plate. NMSU set a school record for best fielding percentage with a mark of .968. The Aggies 2008 Aggie Baseball www.nmstatesports.com finished 12-12 in conference play, the first time in school history the team finished .500 or better in league play in back-to-back seasons. Billy Becher became the first player in NCAA Division I history to lead the country in home runs and runs batted in per game in consecutive seasons. Becher finished the season with a .329 average, 19 doubles, 25 home runs and 90 runs batted in.

In 2003, the Aggies set school records for most wins in a season (43), most home wins in a season (31), best home winning percentage in a season (.912) and extended a school record home winning streak against non-conference opponents to 40. The Aggies had three players -- Becher, Alex Borgo and Brad Ditter -- earn first team all-Sun Belt Conference honors while Becher and Ditter were taken in the Major League Baseball free agent draft with Ditter (Expos) and Borgo (Phillies) playing professionally last summer. In 2002, Ward helped lead New Mexico State baseball to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance and a Sun Belt Conference championship. Four players off that team were taken in the Major League Baseball free agent draft. Corey Harrington, Ryan Kenning, Gabe Veloz and Erik Winegarden all continued their careers after leading the Aggies to a spectacular season. It wasn’t the first time that four of Ward’s players were taken in the draft in one season.

In 1999 Chris Barski, Luke Sullivan, Corey Richardson and Chris Weekly were all taken in the draft. During Ward’s nine seasons, 12 different Aggies have been taken in the draft. Ward led New Mexico State as head coach from 1997-2000, overseeing a drastic improvement in the quality of athletes who came to Las Cruces. Ward developed NMSU’s baseball squad into one of the premier offensive teams in the nation. In 2000, the Aggies finished 11th in the nation and led the Big estW Conference in doubles, while ranking 21st nationally in scoring.

In 1998, the Aggies ranked fifth in the country in batting with its .351 team average and scored 10.35 runs a game to rank third in the country.

Ward came to Las Cruces from Kansas State, where he served two years as the hitting and infield coach and recruiting coordinator for the Wildcats from 1995-96. Prior to Kansas State, Ward spent the 1994 fall season as the top assistant coach at the University of Indianapolis. He served as the interim administrative assistant at Oklahoma State in the spring of 1994 before moving to Indianapolis.

A 1988 graduate of Oklahoma State, Ward played third base and catcher for the Cowboys from 1986 to 1988. The 1987 team finished as the runner-up at the College World Series, losing to Stanford in the championship game. The 1988 team ended its campaign with an amazing 61-8 record and was ranked No. 1 in the nation by Baseball America for a record 12 consecutive weeks. Ward was a two-time Phillips 66 Academic All-Big Eight selection during his three-year playing career at OSU.

He began his collegiate playing career at Connors State College in Warner, Okla., where he helped the squad to a 72-13 record in 1984. Ward transferred to Western Oklahoma State University in 1985.

In 1989, Ward created the Mid-America II Baseball Schools. Each year, he hosts a variety of camps that teach and fine-tune the baseball skills of America’s youth. From 1988 through 1994, he served as the marketing director and an instructor for the Mid-America Baseball School.

Ward earned his bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State in 1988 and his master’s at the University of Central Oklahoma in 1992. He spent some of his childhood growing up in Las Cruces while his father was working towards his master’s degree at New Mexico State. Ward is mar- ried to the former Jennifer Whitaker. The couple has three daughters, Emily, twin girls Malia and Jorie, and two sons, Garrett and Bradan.

2008 Aggie Baseball www.nmstatesports.com Baseball America 2007 WAC Standings (Final) Collegiate Baseball Top 25 Top 25 (as of May 12) Team All Games WAC Games (as of May 12) 1. Miami (Fla.) Fresno State 38-29 17-7 1. Miami (Fla.) Nevada 35-26 15-9 2. North Carolina La. Tech 35-24 14-10 2. North Carolina 3. Arizona State Hawai’i 34-25 11-13 3. Arizona State 4. Florida State San Jose State 34-26 11-13 4. Florida State 5. Nebraska Sac. State 17-40 10-14 5. Rice 6. Rice NMSU 22-34 6-18 6. Nebraska 7. Georgia 7. Texas A&M 8. Cal State Fullerton 8. Georgia 9. Texas A&M 9. San Diego 10. Oklahoma State 10. Oklahoma State 11. San Diego 11. Cal State Fullerton 12. UC Irvine This week 12. Missouri 13. California 13. California 14. Stanford 14. Stanford 15. Missouri in the 15. Michigan 16. LSU 16. LSU 17. Michigan 17. Vanderbilt 18. St. John’s 18. South Carolina 19. Vanderbilt National 19. Wichita State 20. NC State 20. St. John’s 21. Kentucky 21. NC State 22. Wichita State 22. New Orleans 23. Coastal Carolina Polls 23. Kentucky 24. TCU 24. Tulane 25. Tulane 25. Georgia Tech

2007 Preseason WAC Coaches Poll

Rank Team (1st Place Votes) USA Today/ESPN Pts. NCBWA 1. Fresno State (6) 36 Top 25 Poll 2. Louisiana Tech (1) 29 Poll (as of May 12) (as of May 12) 3. Nevada 26 1. Miami (Fla.) 4. Hawai’i 23 1. Miami (Fla.) 2. North Carolina 5. San Jose State 16 2. North Carolina 3. Florida State 6. Sacramento State 10 3. Florida State 4. Arizona State 7. New Mexico State 7 4. Arizona State 5. Rice 5. Rice Preseason All-WAC Team 6. Nebraska 6. Nebraska OF Steve Susdorf, Fresno State 7. Texas A&M 7. Texas A&M OF Brandon Haislet, Hawai’i 8. Oklahoma State 8. Georgia OF Tim Wheeler, Sacramento State 9. UC Irvine 9. Oklahoma State OF Joseph Scaperotta, NMSU 10. San Diego 1B Shaun Kort, Nevada 10. San Diego 11. UC Irvine 2B Eric Wetzel, Fresno State 11. Cal State Fullerton 12. Cal State Fullerton SS Todd Sandell, Fresno State 12. Georgia 13. Vanderbilt 3B David Flores, Sacramento State 13. Vanderbilt 14. Wichita State C Danny Grubb, Fresno State 14. Coastal Carolina DH Terry Walsh, Nevada 15. Coastal Carolina 15. Missouri UT Matt Bowman, Nevada 16. Stanford 16. Arizona SP Clayton Allison, Fresno State 17. California 17. Michigan SP Tanner Scheppers, Fresno State 18. Wichita State 18. South Carolina SP Matt Daly, Hawai’i 19. California RP Jason Breckley, Fresno State 19. South Carolina 20. Missouri RP Mario Rivera, Nevada 20. Kentucky 21. LSU 21. Stanford 22. NC State Player of the Year: Steve Susdorf, 22. Michigan 23. Arizona Fresno St. 23. NC State Pitcher of the Year: Clayton Allison, 24. Kentucky 24. LSU Fresno State 25. Georgia Tech 25. Long Beach State

2008 Aggie Baseball www.nmstatesports.com The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for NEW MEXICO STATE (as of May 14, 2008) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 26-29 Home: 14-14 Away: 11-10 Neutral: 1-5 Conference: 13-15

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

HARDT, Tyler...... 395 44-37 147 41 58 13 1 7 36 94 .639 21 6 15 2 .480 3 2 2-4 38 3 2 .953 AUTEN, Chris...... 359 54-54 223 56 80 18 0 9 48 125 .561 38 1 40 4 .454 0 0 0-0 462 23 8 .984 LEGHORN, Joe...... 345 48-40 148 27 51 7 1 6 38 78 .527 18 5 13 5 .425 3 2 0-1 214 32 5 .980 STOUT, Richard...... 331 48-46 175 57 58 14 2 1 22 79 .451 39 7 31 2 .462 4 5 19-23 84 133 24 .900 BUSANI, Franky...... 329 48-39 161 42 53 5 2 15 56 107 .665 17 6 44 2 .409 2 1 0-0 70 5 4 .949 SCAPEROTTA, Joseph.. .311 53-52 209 56 65 14 0 21 72 142 .679 30 3 46 5 .405 0 0 3-4 124 5 6 .956 QUADE, Marcos...... 298 53-49 188 62 56 15 0 10 51 101 .537 44 7 65 2 .446 1 2 1-1 43 97 32 .814 MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 275 51-49 171 41 47 11 1 5 29 75 .439 33 7 48 5 .407 3 3 0-3 94 142 8 .967 ------FARNHAM, Jeffery.... .351 24-9 37 11 13 5 0 0 6 18 .486 4 0 8 1 .405 1 0 0-0 43 7 1 .980 MORENO, Paul...... 333 17-5 18 5 6 1 1 0 4 9 .500 3 0 4 0 .429 0 0 1-1 12 0 0 1.000 GRANDE, Rudy...... 300 15-0 10 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 .300 2 0 1 1 .417 0 0 0-0 3 0 1 .750 AGUIRRE, Leo...... 295 37-9 61 10 18 5 0 3 20 32 .525 4 0 12 0 .328 2 0 0-0 21 3 0 1.000 CROUTHAMEL, Colin... .266 37-21 94 15 25 1 1 6 19 46 .489 9 4 19 5 .355 0 0 0-1 0 0 1 .000 HEINEMANN, Gavin.... .245 22-13 49 10 12 0 0 3 14 21 .429 6 3 7 1 .362 0 0 0-0 18 1 1 .950 LOPEZ, Matt...... 240 11-6 25 5 6 2 0 0 3 8 .320 1 0 8 0 .269 0 0 0-0 11 13 1 .960 CEJKA, Nick...... 238 17-3 21 5 5 1 0 2 5 12 .571 3 1 6 0 .360 0 0 0-0 3 0 0 1.000 BLOOM, Trevor...... 229 17-8 35 8 8 3 0 0 8 11 .314 5 2 13 2 .357 0 0 0-0 18 1 0 1.000 ROSALES, Marcos...... 190 35-15 58 16 11 2 1 1 15 18 .310 14 5 14 2 .385 1 3 0-1 32 15 7 .870 DOWNING, Geoff...... 162 22-11 37 11 6 3 0 1 6 12 .324 6 0 13 1 .279 0 0 0-0 17 34 6 .895 HAMMONS, Jake...... 129 18-7 31 9 4 2 0 0 3 6 .194 8 0 12 0 .308 0 0 0-0 34 12 0 1.000 LUCERO, Justin...... 087 34-22 46 12 4 2 0 0 2 6 .130 10 7 15 0 .328 1 4 0-1 58 0 2 .967 MCFADDEN, Kyle...... 000 11-0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 4 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 9 0 1.000 WILSON, Jake...... 000 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 VENDETTE, Sebestian. .000 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 3 9 4 .750 VAN DEELEN, Matt.... .000 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

Totals...... 302 55-55 1952 502 589 124 10 90 458 1003 .514 315 64 438 40 .412 21 22 26-40 1419 601 123 .943 Opponents...... 325 55-55 1993 510 648 126 11 65 452 991 .497 258 93 295 33 .420 36 30 63-87 1414 497 90 .955

LOB - Team (464), Opp (484). DPs turned - Team (42), Opp (50). CI - Team (3), LEGHORN 2, FARNHAM 1, Opp (6). IBB - Team (6), BUSANI 2, SCAPEROTTA 2, AUTEN 1, LEGHORN 1, Opp (4). Picked off - ROSALES 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

GOIN, Heath...... 4.96 6-2 11 11 2 0/0 0 69.0 82 46 38 15 34 13 3 11 278 .295 1 24 0 4 3 STURDEVANT, Tyler... 5.40 6-5 11 9 0 0/0 0 58.1 68 46 35 32 44 10 1 5 231 .294 5 10 2 4 8 VENDETTE, Sebestian. 7.58 2-4 12 11 0 0/0 0 59.1 84 72 50 35 35 17 2 6 249 .337 7 20 0 4 4 ------VAN DEELEN, Matt.... 1.80 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 5.0 4 1 1 0 9 2 0 0 18 .222 0 4 0 0 0 GARZA, Noah...... 5.06 1-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 10.2 13 8 6 2 4 2 0 1 45 .289 1 2 0 2 0 NYQUIST, Erik...... 5.58 1-2 23 0 0 0/0 6 30.2 44 24 19 7 30 11 0 4 134 .328 4 4 1 1 0 JOUSTRA, Jeremy..... 7.27 1-0 13 0 0 0/0 1 17.1 22 23 14 13 12 4 1 2 81 .272 4 0 0 1 0 HAMMOND, Kyle...... 7.30 1-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 12.1 17 11 10 5 9 2 0 2 53 .321 3 1 0 0 0 DURAN, Frankie...... 7.66 0-0 24 0 0 0/0 0 24.2 33 23 21 8 14 7 0 3 102 .324 1 0 0 3 1 SMITH, Dillon...... 8.44 2-5 17 6 0 0/0 0 48.0 72 52 45 26 14 13 1 6 198 .364 1 8 1 5 6 MCFADDEN, Kyle...... 8.44 0-0 10 0 0 0/0 0 10.2 14 15 10 16 13 3 0 1 43 .326 2 3 0 1 0 WILLIAMSON, Kent.... 9.55 2-4 9 5 0 0/0 0 27.1 26 42 29 30 12 3 0 3 104 .250 7 4 1 1 4 ARRIETA, Anothny.... 10.12 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 8.0 12 13 9 8 2 6 1 0 34 .353 5 3 1 2 0 HUNSAKER, Caleb..... 10.80 0-0 6 2 0 0/0 0 13.1 22 16 16 7 11 3 0 1 57 .386 3 0 1 3 2 CONNER, Jason...... 11.17 0-0 7 1 0 0/0 0 9.2 13 15 12 11 9 2 1 1 40 .325 2 2 0 2 0 AMUNDSON, Casey..... 11.42 1-1 7 0 0 0/0 0 8.2 12 15 11 5 4 2 0 1 42 .286 0 1 1 1 0 WEBSTER, Oliver..... 11.84 1-4 15 6 0 0/0 0 38.0 70 56 50 16 16 19 0 11 182 .385 1 4 0 1 2 WILSON, Jake...... 11.86 2-2 11 4 0 0/0 0 22.0 40 32 29 22 23 7 1 7 102 .392 3 3 0 1 0

Totals...... 7.69 26-29 55 55 2 0/0 7 473.0 648 510 404 258 295 126 11 65 1993 .325 50 93 8 36 30 Opponents...... 7.83 29-26 55 55 1 0/0 12 471.1 589 502 410 315 438 124 10 90 1952 .302 57 64 3 21 22

PB - Team (9), LEGHORN 5, FARNHAM 2, HAMMONS 2, Opp (13). Pickoffs - Team (9), VENDETTE 3, ARRIETA 2, SMITH 1, GOIN 1, LEGHORN 1, MCFADDEN 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - LEGHORN (44-61), HAMMONS (13-18), GOIN (11-14), SMITH (8-13), VENDETTE (8-11), STURDEVANT (6-9), WILLIAMSON (6-8), FARNHAM (6-8), WEBSTER (4-6), WILSON (4-6), NYQUIST (3-3), HUNSAKER (2-3), CONNER (3-3), MCFADDEN (3-3), DURAN (0-2), VAN DEELEN (1-2), GARZA (1-1), AMUNDSON (1-1), ARRIETA (1-1), JOUSTRA (1-1). The Automated ScoreBook Conference statistics for NEW MEXICO STATE (as of May 14, 2008) (Conference games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 13-15 Home: 5-7 Away: 8-8 Conference: 13-15

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

HARDT, Tyler...... 419 27-24 93 23 39 11 0 4 21 62 .667 13 3 9 2 .495 2 2 0-1 24 1 2 .926 AUTEN, Chris...... 345 28-28 119 24 41 10 0 5 26 66 .555 12 0 27 1 .405 0 0 0-0 251 10 5 .981 LEGHORN, Joe...... 338 25-21 77 13 26 5 1 3 19 42 .545 12 3 6 3 .436 2 1 0-1 120 16 3 .978 STOUT, Richard...... 327 28-27 101 31 33 9 2 0 9 46 .455 18 5 14 2 .444 2 3 6-8 42 72 14 .891 QUADE, Marcos...... 317 28-26 101 29 32 6 0 7 23 59 .584 14 2 34 0 .407 1 1 1-1 19 57 13 .854 BUSANI, Franky...... 299 27-23 97 19 29 3 2 6 27 54 .557 10 1 35 0 .367 1 1 0-0 45 3 2 .960 SCAPEROTTA, Joseph.. .287 28-28 115 30 33 5 0 12 35 74 .643 13 1 27 0 .364 0 0 1-2 69 1 3 .959 MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 220 26-25 82 16 18 4 0 1 10 25 .305 15 2 21 1 .354 0 3 0-1 44 79 3 .976 ------AGUIRRE, Leo...... 333 13-2 24 5 8 4 0 2 11 18 .750 1 0 1 0 .346 1 0 0-0 4 1 0 1.000 LOPEZ, Matt...... 333 2-1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 0 0 2 0 .333 0 0 0-0 3 2 0 1.000 CROUTHAMEL, Colin... .282 17-8 39 6 11 0 0 1 6 14 .359 4 1 5 1 .364 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 .000 FARNHAM, Jeffery.... .273 9-7 22 4 6 2 0 0 3 8 .364 2 0 5 1 .333 0 0 0-0 19 6 0 1.000 HEINEMANN, Gavin.... .077 5-4 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .077 2 0 1 1 .200 0 0 0-0 6 0 0 1.000 ROSALES, Marcos...... 071 9-3 14 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .071 1 2 2 0 .235 0 0 0-1 10 3 2 .867 LUCERO, Justin...... 056 19-18 36 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 .083 7 1 9 0 .227 0 4 0-0 33 0 1 .971 DOWNING, Geoff...... 000 10-4 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 6 0 .063 0 0 0-0 9 17 1 .963 CEJKA, Nick...... 000 6-1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 2 0 .125 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 GRANDE, Rudy...... 000 6-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 .200 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 MORENO, Paul...... 000 6-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 2 0 .250 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 MCFADDEN, Kyle...... 000 7-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 2 0 1.000 BLOOM, Trevor...... 000 2-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 HAMMONS, Jake...... 000 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000 WILSON, Jake...... 000 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000

Totals...... 289 28-28 971 210 281 60 5 41 192 474 .488 128 21 211 14 .381 9 15 8-15 711 303 57 .947 Opponents...... 312 28-28 978 224 305 54 3 31 201 458 .468 114 54 140 19 .407 16 17 23-36 720 257 37 .964

LOB - Team (218), Opp (246). DPs turned - Team (23), Opp (18). CI - Team (2), LEGHORN 2, Opp (4). IBB - Team (2), LEGHORN 1, BUSANI 1, Opp (3).

(Conference games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

GOIN, Heath...... 3.94 4-2 7 7 2 0/0 0 48.0 57 28 21 8 25 9 1 6 189 .302 1 17 0 4 3 STURDEVANT, Tyler... 5.66 4-3 7 7 0 0/0 0 41.1 54 36 26 24 24 10 1 3 168 .321 3 7 1 3 8 VENDETTE, Sebestian. 6.26 2-2 7 7 0 0/0 0 41.2 58 45 29 22 25 11 1 5 176 .330 5 12 0 3 1 ------MCFADDEN, Kyle...... 0.00 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 1 1 0 6 5 0 0 0 12 .083 0 1 0 0 0 AMUNDSON, Casey..... 0.00 0-1 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .143 0 0 0 0 0 JOUSTRA, Jeremy..... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 VAN DEELEN, Matt.... 2.25 0-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 14 .214 0 3 0 0 0 CONNER, Jason...... 4.76 0-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 5.2 6 4 3 4 3 2 0 1 24 .250 0 0 0 0 0 DURAN, Frankie...... 6.30 0-0 13 0 0 0/0 0 10.0 9 9 7 5 6 2 0 1 39 .231 1 0 0 1 0 NYQUIST, Erik...... 6.62 0-1 13 0 0 0/0 6 17.2 25 17 13 2 18 6 0 4 81 .309 1 3 1 1 0 GARZA, Noah...... 7.94 1-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 5.2 9 5 5 1 2 0 0 1 26 .346 0 2 0 1 0 SMITH, Dillon...... 8.51 1-3 8 3 0 0/0 0 24.1 33 24 23 12 6 6 0 2 96 .344 1 3 0 3 3 WEBSTER, Oliver..... 10.32 0-1 4 1 0 0/0 0 11.1 18 15 13 6 2 2 0 3 51 .353 0 1 0 0 1 HAMMOND, Kyle...... 10.50 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 6.0 11 8 7 3 7 2 0 1 29 .379 2 1 0 0 0 WILLIAMSON, Kent.... 13.50 1-2 3 2 0 0/0 0 10.2 10 17 16 14 6 2 0 2 40 .250 3 3 0 0 1 WILSON, Jake...... 21.21 0-0 4 1 0 0/0 0 4.2 10 11 11 7 3 1 0 2 22 .455 2 1 0 0 0

Totals...... 6.65 13-15 28 28 2 0/0 6 237.0 305 224 175 114 140 54 3 31 978 .312 19 54 2 16 17 Opponents...... 6.60 15-13 28 28 1 0/0 8 240.0 281 210 176 128 211 60 5 41 971 .289 29 21 2 9 15

PB - Team (2), LEGHORN 2, Opp (1). Pickoffs - Team (2), VENDETTE 2. SBA/ATT - LEGHORN (20-31), GOIN (7-10), STURDEVANT (4-7), SMITH (4-6), FARNHAM (3-5), NYQUIST (3-3), VAN DEELEN (1-2), WILLIAMSON (1-2), VENDETTE (1-2), WEBSTER (0-1), MCFADDEN (1-1), WILSON (0-1), GARZA (1-1). The Automated ScoreBook Game Results for NEW MEXICO STATE (as of May 15, 2008) (All games)

Game date Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Time ------/------Feb 22, 2008 NEW ORLEANS W 12-11 12 14 5/11 12 2 9 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 STURDEVANT (W 1-0) 306 3:38 Feb 23, 2008 NEW ORLEANS W 11-8 11 11 3/ 8 9 2 9 2- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 JOUSTRA (W 1-0) 311 3:07 Feb 24, 2008 NEW ORLEANS 17-19 L 17 9 2/19 17 1 9 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 STURDEVANT (L 1-1) 351 4:07 Feb 29, 2008 BALL STATE W 8-7 8 15 2/ 7 12 1 9 3- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 WILLIAMSON (W 1-0) 202 2:47 Mar 01, 2008 BALL STATE W 24-19 24 15 0/19 23 4 9 4- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 NYQUIST (W 1-0) - 3:55 Mar 01, 2008 BALL STATE 6-12 L 6 6 4/12 11 3 9 4- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 WILSON (L 0-1) 388 3:25 Mar 02, 2008 BALL STATE 25-26 L 25 28 3/26 21 4 (10) 4- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 NYQUIST (L 1-1) 152 4:29 Mar 10, 2008 at Fresno State W 13-8 13 11 1/ 8 11 5 9 5- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 WILSON (W 1-1) 1704 3:09 Mar 11, 2008 vs Indiana 4-16 L 4 5 4/16 14 1 9 5- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 WILLIAMSON (L 1-1) 0 3:22 PMar 12, 2008 vs Utah 5-8 L 5 8 1/ 8 9 3 9 5- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 STURDEVANT (L) 0 2:36 Mar 13, 2008 vs Portland W 10-1 10 12 0/ 1 8 2 9 6- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 GOIN (W 1-0) 0 2:38 Mar 14, 2008 vs Gonzaga 10-17 L 10 14 1/17 21 0 9 6- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 VENDETTE (L 0-1) 0 3:22 Mar 15, 2008 vs Indiana 6-14 L 6 9 5/14 16 4 9 6- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 WEBSTER (L 0-1) 0 2:57 Mar 18, 2008 NEW MEXICO 3-12 L 3 6 4/12 15 0 9 6- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 WILSON (L 1-2) - 3:06 Mar 18, 2008 NEW MEXICO 6-8 L 6 6 5/ 8 8 1 9 6- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 WILLIAMSON (L 1-2) 216 2:29 *Mar 20, 2008 SAN JOSE STATE W 7-6 7 12 5/ 6 4 0 9 7- 9- 0 1- 0- 0 STURDEVANT (W 2-2) 153 2:49 *Mar 21, 2008 SAN JOSE STATE W 12-1 12 11 2/ 1 7 3 7 8- 9- 0 2- 0- 0 GOIN (W 2-0) - 2:22 *Mar 21, 2008 SAN JOSE STATE 8-10 L 8 12 7/10 7 3 (10) 8-10- 0 2- 1- 0 AMUNDSON (L 0-1) 198 3:23 *Mar 22, 2008 SAN JOSE STATE W 15-9 15 20 3/ 9 10 2 9 9-10- 0 3- 1- 0 WILLIAMSON (W 2-2) 213 3:12 Mar 25, 2008 at New Mexico W 15-2 15 14 1/ 2 6 2 9 10-10- 0 3- 1- 0 WEBSTER (W 1-1) 589 3:08 Mar 26, 2008 at New Mexico 1-13 L 1 5 2/13 16 0 9 10-11- 0 3- 1- 0 SMITH (L 0-1) 496 2:58 Mar 28, 2008 TEXAS PAN AMERICAN W 12-2 12 14 2/ 2 3 1 9 11-11- 0 3- 1- 0 STURDEVANT (W 3-2) 213 2:14 Mar 29, 2008 TEXAS PAN AMERICAN 3-10 L 3 8 4/10 13 1 9 11-12- 0 3- 1- 0 VENDETTE (L 0-2) 203 2:48 Mar 30, 2008 TEXAS PAN AMERICAN W 24-5 24 19 2/ 5 9 2 9 12-12- 0 3- 1- 0 GOIN (W 3-0) 168 3:07 Apr 01, 2008 CSU-PUEBLO W 17-15 17 14 3/15 16 1 9 13-12- 0 3- 1- 0 AMUNDSON (W 1-1) 204 3:31 Apr 02, 2008 CSU-PUEBLO 6-7 L 6 11 0/ 7 13 1 9 13-13- 0 3- 1- 0 WEBSTER (L 1-2) 198 2:37 *Apr 04, 2008 at Nevada W 6-4 6 7 1/ 4 10 2 9 14-13- 0 4- 1- 0 STURDEVANT (W 4-2) 790 3:11 *Apr 05, 2008 at Nevada 5-8 L 5 8 2/ 8 12 1 9 14-14- 0 4- 2- 0 GOIN (L 3-1) - 2:07 *Apr 05, 2008 at Nevada 5-9 L 5 7 1/ 9 14 1 9 14-15- 0 4- 3- 0 SMITH (L 0-2) 974 2:59 *Apr 06, 2008 at Nevada 1-11 L 1 5 1/11 11 0 7 14-16- 0 4- 4- 0 WILLIAMSON (L 2-3) 931 2:05 Apr 09, 2008 at Hawai'i Pacific W 6-5 6 6 1/ 5 11 4 (10) 15-16- 0 4- 4- 0 SMITH (W 1-0) 150 3:00 *Apr 10, 2008 at Hawai`i 2-4 L 2 8 1/ 4 7 0 9 15-17- 0 4- 5- 0 WEBSTER (L 1-3) 1966 2:32 *Apr 11, 2008 at Hawai`i 3-8 L 3 5 2/ 8 8 0 9 15-18- 0 4- 6- 0 VENDETTE (L 0-3) 2467 2:54 *Apr 12, 2008 at Hawai`i W 9-3 9 10 2/ 3 6 2 9 16-18- 0 5- 6- 0 GOIN (W 3-2) - 2:50 *Apr 12, 2008 at Hawai`i 1-5 L 1 4 3/ 5 7 0 9 16-19- 0 5- 7- 0 STURDEVANT (L 4-3) 3492 2:35 Apr 15, 2008 PANHANDLE STATE W 17-4 17 14 3/ 4 10 3 7 17-19- 0 5- 7- 0 WILSON (W 2-2) 189 2:28 Apr 16, 2008 PANHANDLE STATE W 19-9 19 12 2/ 9 9 3 7 18-19- 0 5- 7- 0 HAMMOND (W 1-0) 101 3:00 *Apr 18, 2008 FRESNO STATE 10-13 L 10 11 3/13 15 1 9 18-20- 0 5- 8- 0 VENDETTE (L 0-4) 321 3:20 *Apr 19, 2008 FRESNO STATE 5-9 L 5 8 2/ 9 16 1 9 18-21- 0 5- 9- 0 GOIN (L 4-2) 0 2:55 *Apr 19, 2008 FRESNO STATE 1-13 L 1 3 1/13 9 0 7 18-22- 0 5-10- 0 STURDEVANT (L 4-4) 211 214 *Apr 20, 2008 FRESNO STATE 6-24 L 6 8 4/24 17 1 7 18-23- 0 5-11- 0 Williamson (L 2-4) 158 2:51 Apr 22, 2008 at Texas Tech 2-12 L 2 10 3/12 11 1 9 18-24- 0 5-11- 0 SMITH (L 1-3) 1906 2:54 Apr 23, 2008 vs Texas Tech 10-16 L 10 12 3/16 19 1 9 18-25- 0 5-11- 0 WEBSTER (L 1-4) 315 3:30 *Apr 25, 2008 at Sacramento State W 7-4 7 12 2/ 4 14 2 9 19-25- 0 6-11- 0 STURDEVANT (W 5-4) 82 2:52 *Apr 26, 2008 at Sacramento State W 5-3 5 9 1/ 3 8 2 9 20-25- 0 7-11- 0 GARZA (W 1-0) - 2:50 *Apr 26, 2008 at Sacramento State W 11-5 11 15 0/ 5 14 1 9 21-25- 0 8-11- 0 VENDETTE (W 1-4) 172 2:57 *Apr 27, 2008 at Sacramento State W 14-4 14 15 0/ 4 8 2 9 22-25- 0 9-11- 0 SMITH (W 2-3) 185 3:10 *May 02, 2008 at Fresno State 8-11 L 8 11 3/11 15 2 9 22-26- 0 9-12- 0 Sturdevant (L 5-5) 1607 2:54 *May 03, 2008 at Fresno State W 9-2 9 10 1/ 2 7 3 9 23-26- 0 10-12- 0 Goin (W 5-2) - 2:46 *May 03, 2008 at Fresno State W 12-7 12 16 2/ 7 10 1 9 24-26- 0 11-12- 0 Vendette (W 2-4) 1874 2:48 *May 04, 2008 at Fresno State 4-6 L 4 5 1/ 6 8 2 9 24-27- 0 11-13- 0 Smith (L 2-4) 1674 2:24 *May 08, 2008 HAWAI`I W 7-5 7 8 1/ 5 12 2 9 25-27- 0 12-13- 0 Sturdevant (W 6-5) 247 2:55 *May 09, 2008 HAWAI`I W 13-8 13 14 1/ 8 13 1 9 26-27- 0 13-13- 0 Goin (W 6-2) 238 3:45 *May 10, 2008 HAWAI`I 10-17 L 10 12 1/17 21 0 9 26-28- 0 13-14- 0 Smith (L 2-5) - 3:23 *May 10, 2008 HAWAI`I 14-15 L 14 15 4/15 15 2 9 26-29- 0 13-15- 0 Nyquist (L 1-2) 255 3:09

() extra inning game The Automated ScoreBook Games Summary for NEW MEXICO STATE (as of May 15, 2008) (All games)

Inning-by-inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total ------NEW MEXICO STATE 65 47 53 62 67 89 46 46 25 2 502 Opponents 56 55 70 67 63 72 59 40 25 3 510

Win-Loss Record When ------Overall...... 26-29 After 6 leading..... 22-3 Conference...... 13-15 ...... trailing.... 2-25 Non-Conference...... 13-14 ...... tied...... 2-1 Home games...... 14-14 After 7 leading..... 20-4 Away games...... 11-10 ...... trailing.... 0-21 Neutral site...... 1-5 ...... tied...... 3-1 Day games...... 17-17 After 8 leading..... 22-1 Night games...... 9-12 ...... trailing.... 0-24 vs Left starter..... 8-4 ...... tied...... 1-1 vs Right starter.... 18-25 1-Run games...... 4-3 Hit 0 home runs..... 4-12 2-Run games...... 4-5 ... 1 home run...... 6-8 5+Run games...... 16-14 ... 2+ home runs.... 16-9 Extra innings...... 1-2 Shutouts...... 0-0 Opponent 0 home runs 15-9 ...... 1 home run. 4-9 Scoring 0-2 runs.... 0-6 ...... 2+ HRs..... 7-11 ...... 3-5 runs.... 1-9 ...... 6-9 runs.... 8-7 Made 0 errors...... 4-1 ...... 10+ runs.... 17-7 .... 1 error...... 8-8 .... 2+ errors...... 14-20 Opponent 0-2 runs... 5-0 ...... 3-5 runs... 10-2 Opp. made 0 errors.. 1-9 ...... 6-9 runs... 8-8 ...... 1 error... 6-12 ...... 10+ runs... 3-19 ...... 2+ errors. 19-8

Scored in 1st inning 12-13 Out-hit opponent.... 19-3 Opp. scored in 1st.. 12-14 Out-hit by opponent. 6-25 Scores first...... 13-11 Hits are tied...... 1-1 Opp. scores first... 13-18

Record when team scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 0-0 0-4 0-2 0-3 0-2 1-4 2-5 3-0 1-2 2-0 17-7

Record when opponent scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 0-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 4-1 4-1 1-1 2-1 3-4 2-2 3-19

Record when leading after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 11-5 15-5 15-5 16-4 17-5 22-3 20-4 22-1

Record when trailing after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 8-10 6-17 9-20 8-21 7-23 2-25 0-21 0-24

Record when tied after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 7-14 5-7 2-4 2-4 2-1 2-1 3-1 1-1

Current losing streak: 2 Longest winning streak: 4 Longest losing streak: 6

Home attendance : 5196 ( 24 dates avg = 216 ) Away attendance : 21374 ( 23 dates avg = 929 ) Total attendance: 26570 ( 47 dates avg = 565 ) The Automated ScoreBook Miscellaneous Stats for NEW MEXICO STATE (as of May 15, 2008) (All games)

MULTIPLE HIT GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot MULTIPLE RBI GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot ------AUTEN, Chris...... 14 5 3 - 22 SCAPEROTTA, Joseph.. 9 5 4 2 20 SCAPEROTTA, Joseph.. 14 5 - - 19 BUSANI, Franky...... 5 7 3 1 16 STOUT, Richard...... 16 2 1 - 19 QUADE, Marcus...... 6 5 1 2 14 QUADE, Marcus...... 13 5 1 - 19 AUTEN, Chris...... 8 5 - - 13 HARDT, Tyler...... 13 2 1 1 17 LEGHORN, Joe...... 7 3 1 1 12 BUSANI, Franky...... 7 6 1 - 14 HARDT, Tyler...... 7 2 - 1 10 LEGHORN, Joe...... 9 2 2 - 13 MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 5 1 - 1 7 MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 5 3 1 - 9 AGUIRRE, Leo...... 5 - 1 - 6 CROUTHAMEL, Colin... 5 2 - - 7 CROUTHAMEL, Colin... 3 - 1 - 4 HEINEMANN, Gavin.... 4 - - - 4 STOUT, Richard...... 2 1 1 - 4 ROSALES, Marcos..... 3 - - - 3 HEINEMANN, Gavin.... 1 1 1 - 3 AGUIRRE, Leo...... 2 - - - 2 ROSALES, Marcos..... 1 2 - - 3 MORENO, Paul...... 1 1 - - 2 BLOOM, Trevor...... 3 - - - 3 BLOOM, Trevor...... 1 1 - - 2 DOWNING, Geoff...... 1 - 1 - 2 CEJKA, Nick...... 1 - - - 1 FARNHAM, Jeffery.... 1 1 - - 2 FARNHAM, Jeffery.... 1 - - - 1 MORENO, Paul...... 1 - - - 1 HAMMONS, Jake...... 1 - - - 1 CEJKA, Nick...... - 1 - - 1 DOWNING, Geoff...... 1 - - - 1 HAMMONS, Jake...... 1 - - - 1 ------LUCERO, Justin...... 1 - - - 1 TEAM 111 34 10 1 156 LOPEZ, Matt...... 1 - - - 1 ------TEAM 68 34 14 8 124

HITTING STREAKS Longest Current ------AUTEN, Chris...... 15 15 STOUT, Richard...... 14 2 SCAPEROTTA, Joseph.. 10 1 QUADE, Marcus...... 8 - MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 8 4 HARDT, Tyler...... 7 1 LEGHORN, Joe...... 7 - BUSANI, Franky...... 6 4 AGUIRRE, Leo...... 6 6 HEINEMANN, Gavin.... 6 - FARNHAM, Jeffery.... 6 1 LOPEZ, Matt...... 5 - BLOOM, Trevor...... 4 - ROSALES, Marcos..... 3 1 CROUTHAMEL, Colin... 3 - DOWNING, Geoff...... 2 - MORENO, Paul...... 2 - CEJKA, Nick...... 2 - HAMMONS, Jake...... 2 - GRANDE, Rudy...... 2 - LUCERO, Justin...... 1 - The Automated ScoreBook Miscellaneous Stats for NEW MEXICO STATE (as of May 15, 2008) (All games)

STARTING LINEUP BY POSITION STARTING LINEUP BY LINEUP SPOT (Team W-L record when starter) (Team W-L record when starter) ------PITCHER: LEADOFF: VENDETTE, Sebestian. 12 (4-8) STOUT, Richard...... 46 (22-24) GOIN, Heath...... 11 (8-3) QUADE, Marcus...... 5 (2-3) STURDEVANT, Tyler... 9 (5-4) MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 3 (2-1) WEBSTER, Oliver..... 6 (2-4) ROSALES, Marcos..... 1 (0-1) WILLIAMSON, Kent.... 5 (1-4) 2ND SPOT: SMITH, Dillon...... 5 (1-4) SCAPEROTTA, Joseph.. 21 (9-12) WILSON, Jake...... 4 (3-1) QUADE, Marcus...... 18 (8-10) HUNSAKER, Caleb..... 2 (2-0) MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 10 (6-4) CONNER, Jason...... 1 (0-1) ROSALES, Marcos..... 1 (0-1) CATCHER: HAMMONS, Jake...... 1 (1-0) LEGHORN, Joe...... 39 (17-22) DOWNING, Geoff...... 1 (1-0) FARNHAM, Jeffery.... 9 (5-4) AGUIRRE, Leo...... 1 (1-0) HAMMONS, Jake...... 7 (4-3) HARDT, Tyler...... 1 (0-1) FIRST BASE: CEJKA, Nick...... 1 (0-1) AUTEN, Chris...... 54 (25-29) 3RD SPOT: AGUIRRE, Leo...... 1 (1-0) SCAPEROTTA, Joseph.. 31 (16-15) SECOND BASE: AUTEN, Chris...... 21 (9-12) MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 49 (21-28) LEGHORN, Joe...... 1 (0-1) DOWNING, Geoff...... 3 (3-0) AGUIRRE, Leo...... 1 (1-0) LOPEZ, Matt...... 3 (2-1) QUADE, Marcus...... 1 (0-1) THIRD BASE: CLEANUP: QUADE, Marcus...... 48 (23-25) AUTEN, Chris...... 32 (16-16) DOWNING, Geoff...... 6 (2-4) HARDT, Tyler...... 10 (4-6) ROSALES, Marcos..... 1 (1-0) CROUTHAMEL, Colin... 8 (4-4) SHORTSTOP: BUSANI, Franky...... 4 (2-2) STOUT, Richard...... 46 (22-24) QUADE, Marcus...... 1 (0-1) ROSALES, Marcos..... 4 (2-2) 5TH SPOT: LOPEZ, Matt...... 3 (2-1) HARDT, Tyler...... 22 (12-10) DOWNING, Geoff...... 2 (0-2) BUSANI, Franky...... 12 (5-7) LEFT FIELD: CROUTHAMEL, Colin... 10 (7-3) HARDT, Tyler...... 20 (7-13) QUADE, Marcus...... 4 (1-3) SCAPEROTTA, Joseph.. 16 (9-7) AGUIRRE, Leo...... 3 (0-3) HEINEMANN, Gavin.... 10 (6-4) AUTEN, Chris...... 1 (0-1) BLOOM, Trevor...... 5 (3-2) MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 1 (0-1) BUSANI, Franky...... 3 (1-2) LEGHORN, Joe...... 1 (0-1) QUADE, Marcus...... 1 (0-1) HEINEMANN, Gavin.... 1 (1-0) CENTER FIELD: 6TH SPOT: SCAPEROTTA, Joseph.. 31 (15-16) QUADE, Marcus...... 13 (8-5) LUCERO, Justin...... 22 (11-11) BUSANI, Franky...... 10 (6-4) ROSALES, Marcos..... 2 (0-2) MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 8 (4-4) RIGHT FIELD: LEGHORN, Joe...... 6 (1-5) BUSANI, Franky...... 36 (21-15) HEINEMANN, Gavin.... 5 (3-2) ROSALES, Marcos..... 8 (3-5) HARDT, Tyler...... 4 (1-3) MORENO, Paul...... 5 (1-4) AGUIRRE, Leo...... 3 (1-2) BLOOM, Trevor...... 3 (0-3) BLOOM, Trevor...... 3 (0-3) HEINEMANN, Gavin.... 2 (1-1) CROUTHAMEL, Colin... 2 (1-1) SCAPEROTTA, Joseph.. 1 (0-1) DOWNING, Geoff...... 1 (1-0) DESIGNATED HITTER: 7TH SPOT: CROUTHAMEL, Colin... 21 (12-9) LEGHORN, Joe...... 20 (10-10) HARDT, Tyler...... 17 (10-7) MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 14 (6-8) AGUIRRE, Leo...... 8 (2-6) FARNHAM, Jeffery.... 5 (2-3) SCAPEROTTA, Joseph.. 4 (1-3) HAMMONS, Jake...... 4 (2-2) CEJKA, Nick...... 3 (0-3) LOPEZ, Matt...... 3 (2-1) HEINEMANN, Gavin.... 1 (1-0) CEJKA, Nick...... 2 (0-2) LEGHORN, Joe...... 1 (0-1) QUADE, Marcus...... 2 (1-1) HEINEMANN, Gavin.... 2 (2-0) BUSANI, Franky...... 1 (0-1) CROUTHAMEL, Colin... 1 (0-1) DOWNING, Geoff...... 1 (1-0) 8TH SPOT: BUSANI, Franky...... 12 (9-3) MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 8 (2-6) LEGHORN, Joe...... 7 (2-5) BLOOM, Trevor...... 5 (3-2) DOWNING, Geoff...... 5 (1-4) QUADE, Marcus...... 4 (3-1) HEINEMANN, Gavin.... 4 (1-3) LOPEZ, Matt...... 3 (2-1) ROSALES, Marcos..... 3 (2-1) MORENO, Paul...... 2 (0-2) AGUIRRE, Leo...... 1 (0-1) HAMMONS, Jake...... 1 (1-0) 9TH SPOT: LUCERO, Justin...... 22 (11-11) ROSALES, Marcos..... 10 (4-6) MARQUEZ, Bryan...... 5 (1-4) 2008 WAC Baseball Tournament Bracket May 22-25 • Ruston, Louisiana • J.C. Love Field

No. 1 Seed Game 1 Thursday Winner G1 May 22 - 11 a.m. Game 5 No. 6 Seed Friday Winner G5 May 23 - 3 p.m. Loser G3

Game 7 No. 2 Seed Saturday Winner G7 May 24 - 11 a.m. Game 2 Thursday Winner G2 May 22 - 3 p.m. No. 5 Seed Game 6 Game 10 Friday Winner G6 Sunday Winner G9 May 23 - 7 p.m. No. 3 Seed May 25 - Noon Game 3 Thursday Winner G3 May 22 - 7 p.m. Loser G7 Game 11 No. 4 Seed Game 9 If Necessary WAC Champion Loser G6 Saturday Winner G9 Sunday May 24 - 7 p.m. May 25 - 4 p.m. Game 8 Loser G1 Saturday Winner G8 May 24 - 3 p.m. Game 4 Friday Winner G4 May 23 - 11 a.m. Winner G7 Loser G2

Loser G5 Winner G9 Game 7 Saturday Winner G7 May 24 - 11 a.m. Game 11 Game 9 If Necessary Saturday Loser G6 Winner G9 Sunday WAC Champion May 24 - 7 p.m. If five teams remain May 25 - 4 p.m.

after game 6 and two Winner G6 Game 10 teams remain after Sunday May 25 - Noon Winner G8 game 9 Winner G5 Game 8 Saturday Winner G8 May 24 - 3 p.m. Winner G4

Loser G5 Winner G9 Game 7 Saturday Winner G7 May 24 - 11 a.m. Game 11 Game 9 If five teams remain If Necessary Saturday Loser G6 Loser G9 Sunday WAC Champion after game 6 and May 24 - 7 p.m. three teams remain May 25 - 4 p.m. Winner G6 Game 10 after game 9 Sunday May 25 - Noon Winner G10 Winner G5 Game 8 Saturday Winner G8 May 24 - 3 p.m. Winner G4